Release Date Rewind

Release Date Rewind

Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it! They'll dive in together, discussing fun facts, memorable moments, and what makes these movies worth a rewind all these years later. Let's get nostalgic! The podcast logo was designed by Straw Hut Media, inspired by Greg Clements' original art. The theme song is the instrumental version of "Dance This Out" by singer/songwriter Kyle Motsinger and producer Smoke and Mirrors. From Straw Hut Media

Episodes

November 27, 2025 98 mins
Get down from the treehouse because it's time for Red Rover, Red Rover! You can't officially talk about Now and Then for its 30th anniversary without four friends, so Mark welcomes his hometown loves Sarah Menaquale, Kit Sheehan, and Melissa Ward back on the show for a bike ride to the past. Cosmo quizzes, skinny-dipping, storm drains, and Rosie O'Donnells wardrobe - they mention it all! Plus, Beanie Babies, OJ, and Sophie B. Hawki...
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Holy hymen, Batman! Ignore the Scream rules and lose your virginity asap! Mark welcomes horror movie lover Carlos from @slasher_junkie to take a virtual trip to Cherry Falls, Virginia and celebrate the 25th anniversary of this Scream-inspired slasher movie that was supposed to be in theaters but ended up airing on the USA Channel in 2000, becoming the most expensive TV movie ever made. Oh Daddy! Brittany Murphy acting absolutely fe...
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November 6, 2025 68 mins
Listeners beware, you're in for a scare! Halloween has sadly ended, but it's a state of mind so keep your haunted masks on! This is Part 2 of a Goosebumps celebration, now focusing on the Fox TV series that premiered 30 years ago with the iconic two-part episode The Haunted Mask. Mark welcomes Jesse Krempel from the Cult Cinema Circle podcast back on the show to nerd out about the perfectly creepy mask, the cast of Canadian child a...
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October 31, 2025 56 mins
Reader beware, you're in for a scare! If you were a kid, tween, or teen at all in the '90s, you knew Goosebumps books, and you were obsessed with those colorful and creepy covers! Mark welcomes the original Goosebumps cover illustrator Tim Jacobus on the show to talk about his career, the process of making all those iconic covers, and what cover designs are most special to him. This is Part 1 of a Goosebumps celebration, and Part 2...
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We're here and we're queer, darlin'! Mark welcomes professor, author, and film connoisseur Andy Scahill (a.k.a. Andy Might) on the show to go on a sparkly road trip celebrating New York City drag queens and Vegas dancers. It's the 30th anniversaries of the colorful and campy 1995 classics To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar and Showgirls! One movie will make you happy and the other one will make you confused at what yo...
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September 30, 2025 92 mins
You're not totally buggin' - Clueless is now 30 years old! To celebrate, Mark welcomes his homies Melissa Ward and Jason Kashiwagi back on the show to take a trip down memory freeway. This trendsetting, aspirational Amy Heckerling classic only gets better with age, but they wonder if the romantic ending is actually pretty weird and ponder what direction the upcoming TV show continuation could go in. Plus, Mark shares what happens i...
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September 16, 2025 69 mins
It's an especially *animated* episode because Mark welcomes talented animator, illustrator, and author Peter Raymundo on the show! The two of them rewind to the '90s and early 2000s when Peter was an animator at Disney, working on classic hit films Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Emperor's New Groove, and more! Learn how Peter was plucked out of college to work for Mickey, and he explains which roles did wh...
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August 31, 2025 119 mins
Get out of the water... so you can listen to this episode! Summer isn't over yet, so Mark celebrates 50 years of the first summer blockbuster: Jaws! Joining him for a chat at sea is longtime friend, screenwriter, and film lover C.C. Webster, who also was with him in Martha's Vineyard earlier this summer for the Spielberg movie's big anniversary weekend. They discuss how their visit to the island was, show off their swag, and share ...
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Pirates and Fratellis and bats, oh my! Wheelers and Mombi and electroshock therapy, oh my! It's the 100th episode of Release Date Rewind, and what a way to celebrate with an adventurous summer 1985 double feature of The Goonies and Return to Oz. Mark welcomes '80s girl Solana Sorrento back on the pod to go on a bike ride (The Goonies walked so Stranger Things could run!) and try on a few pretty heads (Disney's Oz is intense!). Befo...
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July 2, 2025 99 mins
Paris Hilton agrees that this episode is hot! Mark welcomes longtime friend, collaborator, horror lover, and actress Kit Sheehan back on the pod to take a trip to the House of Wax from 2005. The two reminisce about seeing this "remake" together just weeks before their senior prom and graduation 20 years ago. Plus, they share stories about making a spoof of this slashfest called House of SAKS 5th Avenue, where Kit naturally played P...
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Happy Pride, Rewinders! Here's an extra queer episode featuring '80s gender bending, sex jokes, and flashing! Mark welcomes fellow podcaster, writer, and movie lover Devin Lotfi back to the show to be his prom date and celebrate the 1985 cult classic Just One of the Guys for its 40th anniversary. Some of you don't know this movie and frankly, how dare you! They each watched it on cable as kids, laughing, gasping, and relating to th...
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The temps are rising and this episode is bringing the heat! The public voted on the title of this spicy double feature episode about chiseled bad boys and we have a tie: Horror Hunks and Sexy Psychos! Longtime friend, fellow horror movie lover, and muscle enthusiast Katie Bruno returns to the show to drool with Mark over Christian Bale and his carefully placed chainsaw and Ryan Reynolds wearing breathtakingly low pajama pants. Bloo...
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April 15, 2025 100 mins
Prepare for takeoff, students! Mark welcomes author, podcaster, and horror movie lover Padraic Maroney back to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Destination AND to celebrate his brand new book about the whole FD franchise! Padraic has interviewed 50 people involved with these fun shockers and shares great behind the scenes stories - plus what's to come in the new sequel out soon - in "Escaping Death: The Unauthori...
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Put on your Sunday best, kids! We're going to Sears! (Are they even still around?) Mark celebrates the 30th anniversary of the hilarious, subversive, and wholesome-ish spoof The Brady Bunch Movie with his Brady brothers Tom Ciuba and Jason Kashiwagi. Who's the Jan, who's the Carol, and who's Marcia Marcia Marcia in this trio? Listen to find out as they relive favorite moments from when the 90s clashed perfectly with the 70s.
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February 22, 2025 95 mins
This episode is serving Brat (Pack)! Movie expert and longtime friend Jackie Renne returns to go back to high school with Mark and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic "rite of passage" film The Breakfast Club from writer, director, and producer John Hughes. Detention never looked this fun or this dramatic! Mark and Jackie had study hall together 20 years ago, but never had detention together, although Jackie explains how s...
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February 14, 2025 77 mins
What the world needs now is love... sweet international love! For the first time on this show, Mark welcomes a guest from another country: it's Bulgarian artist, movie nerd, and hunk Todor Iliev (@ilievillustration)! They go on a little virtual stroll through mid-90s Vienna to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Richard Linklater's memorable romance Before Sunrise, which kickstarted a beautiful trilogy starring the dynamic duo Ethan ...
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January 31, 2025 76 mins
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go... to Release Date Rewind! Mark welcomes film fan Rudy Valdez from the west coast on the show to take a trip to Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Girl, Interrupted. Move over, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest guys, it's the girls' turn! Mark and Rudy rave about this powerful cast (great job, casting director Lisa Beach!), Angelina'...
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January 16, 2025 76 mins
Here we come a-wassailing and here's a new episode to warm you up! For only the second time in this podcast's history, three guests join Mark for a special discussion, and these guests are practically family! Mark's sisters from other misters - Sarah Menaquale, Kit Sheehan, and Melissa Ward - are here to celebrate the classic Louisa May Alcott story Little Women and its great 1994 film adaption from Gillian Armstrong for its 30th a...
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December 25, 2024 65 mins
Keep the Christmas festivities going by playing this episode! If horror fandom is like a sorority, Mark and his returning guest Jeff Bugajski would be the presidents, or treasurers, or housemothers, like boozy Mrs. Mac! It's the 50th anniversary of the super creepy and super influential 1974 slasher Black Christmas, directed by Bob Clark before he directed A Christmas Story (he really knew how to make iconic holiday movies!). Altho...
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December 22, 2024 62 mins
Show us your Pitts - again! Put your fists in the air because this is Part 2 of "Pitt Fest" celebrating two Brad Pitt movies based on books that hit milestone anniversaries this year. Mark welcomes Brad stan OT Garcia back on the show to break the number 1 rule of Fight Club and discuss the “defining cult movie of our time” for its 25th anniversary. From David Fincher's memorable aesthetic and Tyler Durden's gigolo fashion, to Hele...
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